disassemble
verb
dis·as·sem·ble
ˌdis-ə-ˈsem-bəl 
disassembled; disassembling; disassembles
: to take apart
disassemble a watch
1
: to come apart
the frame disassembles into sections
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Examples of disassemble in a Sentence
The bookshelf disassembles for easy storage.
they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring
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Hudson was a prodigy who once disassembled his father’s old pump organ and rebuilt it.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
The great organ's 8,000 pipes, which were covered in toxic dust after the fire and have been disassembled, cleaned and retuned, will also play a psalm as the doors re-open.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
All pruning shears can be sharpened, but shears that can be disassembled are easier to work on.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
The cars are completely disassembled and modified around the original chassis with a process driven by Singer’s obsessive attention to detail.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
The great organ's 8,000 pipes, which were covered in toxic dust after the fire and have been disassembled, cleaned and retuned, will also play a psalm as the doors re-open.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
All pruning shears can be sharpened, but shears that can be disassembled are easier to work on.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
The cars are completely disassembled and modified around the original chassis with a process driven by Singer’s obsessive attention to detail.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Disassemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disassemble. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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